Surah Al-Inshiqaq

اِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ انْشَقَّتْۙ ۝١

Iżas-samā-unsyaqqot

1. When the sky is ruptured.

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۙ ۝٢

Wa ażinat lirobbihā wa ḥuqqot

2. And hearkens to its Lord, as it must.

وَاِذَا الْاَرْضُ مُدَّتْۙ ۝٣

Wa iẓal-arḍu muddat

3. And when the earth is leveled out.

وَاَلْقَتْ مَا فِيْهَا وَتَخَلَّتْۙ ۝٤

Wa alqot mā fīhā wa takhollat

4. And casts out what is in it, and becomes empty.

وَاَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْۗ ۝٥

Wa ażinat lirobbihā wa ḥuqqot

5. And hearkens to its Lord, as it must.

يٰٓاَيُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ اِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلٰقِيْهِۚ ۝٦

Yā ayyuhal-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā robbika kadḥan fa mulāqīh

6. O man! You are laboring towards your Lord, and you will meet Him.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيْنِهٖۙ ۝٧

Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnih

7. As for him who is given his book in his right hand.

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَّسِيْرًاۙ ۝٨

Fa saufa yuḥāsabu ḥisābay yasīrō

8. He will have an easy settlement.

وَّيَنْقَلِبُ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًاۗ ۝٩

Wa yanqolibu ilā ahlihī masrūrō

9. And will return to his family delighted.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ وَرَاۤءَ ظَهْرِهٖۙ ۝١٠

Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū warō-a ẓohrih

10. But as for him who is given his book behind his back.

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوْا ثُبُوْرًاۙ ۝١١

Fa saufa yad‘ū ṡubūrō

11. He will call for death.

وَّيَصْلٰى سَعِيْرًاۗ ۝١٢

Wa yaṣlā sa‘īrō

12. And will enter the Blaze.

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فِيْٓ اَهْلِهٖ مَسْرُوْرًاۗ ۝١٣

Innahū kāna fī ahlihī masrūrō

13. He used to be happy among his family.

اِنَّهٗ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّحُوْرَ ۛ ۝١٤

Innahū ẓonna allay yaḥūr

14. He thought he would never return.

بَلٰىۛ اِنَّ رَبَّهٗ كَانَ بِهٖ بَصِيْرًاۗ ۝١٥

Balā, inna robbahū kāna bihī baṣīrō

15. In fact, his Lord was watching him.

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِۙ ۝١٦

Falā uqsimu bisy-syafaq

16. I swear by the twilight.

وَالَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَۙ ۝١٧

Wal-laili wa mā wasaq

17. And by the night, and what it covers.

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا اتَّسَقَۙ ۝١٨

Wal-qomari iżattasaq

18. And by the moon, as it grows full.

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍۗ ۝١٩

Latarkabunna ṭobaqon ‘an ṭobaq

19. You will mount stage by stage.

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَۙ ۝٢٠

Famā lahum lā yu'minūn

20. What is the matter with them that they do not believe?

وَاِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْاٰنُ لَا يَسْجُدُوْنَ ۗ ۩ ۝٢١

Wa iżā quri'a ‘alaihimul-qur'ānu lā yasjudūn

21. And when the Quran is read to them, they do not bow down?

بَلِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا يُكَذِّبُوْنَۖ ۝٢٢

Balil-lażīna kafarū yukażżibūn

22. In fact, those who disbelieve are in denial.

وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوْعُوْنَۖ ۝٢٣

Wallāhu a‘lamu bimā yū‘ūn

23. But Allah knows what they hide inside.

فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍۙ ۝٢٤

Fa basysyirhum bi‘ażābin alīm

24. So inform them of a painful punishment.

اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُوْنٍ ࣖ ۝٢٥

Illal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti lahum ajrun ghoiru mamnūn

25. Except those who believe and do good deeds; they will have an undiminished reward.